How much should minimum wage be in your area

How much should minimum wage be in your area
- March 22, 2014
- David Neumark, economics Chancellor's Professor and Center for Economics & Public Policy director, is featured on KQED Education – PBS Newshour March 22, 2014
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From KQED Education:
As the debate over raising the federal minimum wage continues to heat up in Washington,
an increasing number of states around the country have taken matters into their own
hands … Amid dialogue over how to reverse income inequality, both political parties
are seizing on a report by the Congressional Budget Office that claims that raising
the minimum wage could likely lift 900,000 families out of poverty, while possibly
eliminating half-a-million job … David Neumark of University of California, Irvine
opposes the takeaways on the report.
Full transcript unavailable. Video link available at http://blogs.kqed.org/education/2014/03/22/minimum-wage/.
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